How a particular number plate can look any more pants than another, is beyond me. It's a bloody number plate.
Has he started it yet ?? If it`s Mr Parry don`t hold your breath mate - he builds a decent motor but takes months as several members have found ... Get pestering him
Robert did my case work on the engine I'm working on at the moment and it only took 1 day........... I loaded it into car, drove for 5 hours, spent 3hours twiddling my thumbs while he worked, drove for 5 hours back job done
Great service for you , but that`s probably why he takes ages to build engines - easily distracted ! I got in early and it took 2 months . @snotty waited 6 months and @Jack Tatty much longer but with various issues ... Really hope he`s on with it @paradox ..
I am more concerned about paras foot been not been directly in the middle of the line, rather than the number plate , I thought he had ocd?
I called on fri but it kept ringing through to the answer phone I'll be calling again today but on the road for techenders is looking doubtful.
It's going to be a few more weeks for my engine. So as I've a leaky steering box I decide to remove that and sort it as it's never been off the van. Also pulled of the steering rods to spruce up. Leaky steering box It's not good when a pitman arm puller starts to bend and deform I can see this causing me problems Steering rods One painted previously in Halfords aerosol enamel which turns out to be Marmitee The other two in the manafacturers paint They will be painted in grey tractor enamel
I've kept the tension on the puller and I've been alternating between heat,plusgas and blows with the hammer and it's not shifting. It looks like I'm going to have to buy a hydraulic puller. Can anyone recommend a reasonable priced one that will be up to the job?
Disconnect the drop arm and take the whole box out of the van - it'll come through the chassis rail. Stick it in your Workmate, tighten up the puller, then clap two hammers on either side of the arm. The distortion usually breaks the taper.
Give it a go. I'd be wary of doing it under the bus, as they let go with explosive force and you might get a face full of drop arm. I'd avoid heat. Mine put up a fight even with my 10 ton Draper hydraulic puller (about £50). Still wouldn't come off until I tried the old hammer trick. You've only got to distort the casting by a fraction of a mm, and the taper will let go.
I had to get TBR to remove mine with his bench mounted hydraulic jobber and heat. I tried 3 different pullers prior to that, all of which flew across the garage at varying speeds when they gave up their grip on the arm! I definitely wouldn't be doing it under the van....
